Writing Worlds with Words

Gods of Ithia: Hagane no Chi.

Hagane no Chi. Nature Spirit of the River, Iron Sand, Makers of Things, Swords, and Bloodshed. 

Known as Hagane no Chi, The Iron River, The Master of Swords, The Spirit Smith, The Steel Blooded, The Gifter of Steel. 

Hagane’s main body is the large river that deposits iron sand down its bank from the iron-rich mountains in Northern Dodicerous. It is a place of beauty, with trees lining its banks. His spirit form is one of Water, Blood, and Steel, shaped into a humanoid form; one arm is fully steel, the one that shapes swords, and is said to be the one who taught the Vigint how to forge steel and the forging techniques that go into proper Vigint swords. One hears his heartbeat in every swing of a smithing hammer, the swing of a sword knocking aside another blade, the drums that keep the tempo of war.  

Hagane is neither cold nor excessively compassionate. He grants one swift, clean death, a chance to fight against all foes, and encourages those weak of flesh to find strength in steel.  Hagane is the Vigint patron God of Samurai, Swords, Smithing, Steel, and Iron sand.  Hagane is seen as a symbol of divine power bestowed on the Shogunate.

Tales of Ithia: The New World Chapter 1 Sacrifice and Vision.

The ink ran across the page, where darkness and space met, and by contrast made the words. It was not darkness for no light had ever graced her eyes. Her mind painted the world in visages of death, scent, sensation, every vibration through her paws. She took in the sound of victorious howls, cheers, and the chanting of West Rise. Her padded…

Heroes of Ithia: Horthgud the Conqueror.

Horthgud Chieftain of the West Rise, Champion of Dreous, Son of Dreous, and Hero of the Dreite.   Nicknames:  The Grand Chief, The Great Jackal, The One who Walks with Death, The Conqueror, and The Unifier.   Horthgud took the small West Rise tribe and brought to heel dozens of chieftains, drove back the Dales, and built an Empire spanning almost the whole of modern Evar. An unmatched…

Continents of Ithia: Gothique.

Lands of Ithia – Gothique.   Gothique a large continent formed by a masterwork of bardic craft that almost resembles a forsaken book with one cover torn off. The Binder Mountains run along the entire back side of Gothique, giving it the ragged appearance of a torn cover. The lands are full of pale, dark, and dreary sights, though leakages from other bardic works have added…

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